Technical Project Manager with PMP and Cobol - NY 10282 (Fully Onsite) - CH

Empower Professionals - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Project Manager will lead and manage large-scale migration projects, particularly focusing on transitioning from mainframe systems to cloud environments such as AWS and Azure. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with clients and partners. The position is fully onsite in New York and is expected to last for 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the migration project team as well as consulting and supporting the partner and client teams
• Lead and manage migrations from the mainframe to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle
• Present information and demonstrate knowledge about IBM mainframe environments including COBOL, Assembler, copybooks, JCL, CICS, Db2, and IMS
• Deliver large scale 2+ year engagements with revenue exceeding $10M
• Build and nurture team, client, and partner relationships
• Expertly communicate and present information to Astadia, clients, and partners
• Follow and apply project methodology standards including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid
• Use Azure DevOps and similar tools for managing large projects

Requirements

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Hands on Java Platform experience
• 10+ years of technical IBM Mainframe experience
• 3-5 years working in mainframe modernization to the cloud
• 2-5 years working with AWS or Azure cloud environments
• Solid knowledge of legacy systems, programs, software, and environments
• Understanding and experience with programming languages such as Cobol, Java, C#, and others
• Experience in project management methodologies, preferably with PMP/Agile/Waterfall

Nice-to-haves

• Superior client/partner consultative skills
• Superior communication and presentation skills
• Excellent leadership and relationship management skills
• Planning and strategic program development
• Risk management skills
• Ability to define KPIs to track quality and maintainability
• Strong Technical Aptitude